GrandPrismaticSpring

PhotographerAnnie Katz

PrizeHonorable Mention

City/CountryAspen, United States

Photo Date5/31/2011

Technical InfoNikon D3, Nikkor 24-120mm lens

Entry Description

Grand Prismatic Spring shows its brilliant colors formed by pigmented bacteria that grows along the microbial mats that ring the hot spring. The hot spring vents from the volcanic system that lies below Yellowstone National Park.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
Nikon D3, Nikkor 24-120mm lens